JC – Unreason

Derwent Water – Sept 2020

I had a spare 24 hours and had to get into the outdoors. I thought I’d try the Lake District as there was a rumbling on the Song of the Paddle message board that there were Islands worth exploring on Derwent Water. I wanted to to a little testing out in case the youngsters couldContinue reading “Derwent Water – Sept 2020”

Clay Figure / head

Been experimenting with air dried clay with additives today and also seeing what effects I can get with the clay. Liked the end result, even though it’s pretty rough and ready.

Lock Ken

I wanted to see how it might work to go on a camping trip with everything I needed on the boat with me – an expedition if you will with food and shelter and all that. I had a bit of time at the end of August 2020 and decided to navigate Loch Ken inContinue reading “Lock Ken”

Llyn Padarn

Headed to Wales for a few days intending to get some boating done. We brought a SUP for the boys and my sailing canoe. Found it was easy to get out on the lake if parking next to the playground – a couple of useful slipways (marked in red) and I always got parking atContinue reading “Llyn Padarn”

The Lug

He is the final line on this field of war –the wall,the trenchand the battering ram. He is scarred like landscapes after coal,a misshapen mountain mass made pureby purpose and a passionmade of the raw memoriesof wins, losses and draws. Here he is alive, only here his form finds full purposeand movements are made true.HereContinue reading “The Lug”

Sailing Canoe – Viola 14

I wanted a canoe that could do all things – and it’s certainly very fun to sail. See Michael Storer’s site for the design. 🙂 I decided to use an old Topper dinghy rig to save some time and hassle, which has worked pretty well. https://www.storerboatplans.com/ Sailing Canoe + link to Google Album https://photos.app.goo.gl/CdiAfxEoEeKyCGTf9

Sea Turtle

The idea of the sea turtle, just gliding through the ocean, mile after mile, following the current, seemed really soothing. So I designed a little motif & put it in the bathroom with a sort of woody theme.

Dragon Head Shed

Thinking it might be cool to supplement the numerous severed alien heads on the front with some sort of dragon head motif a bit like the vikings. I guess that’s something to think about.